Lowestoft Firewood

Thanks guys, looks like the one!

Anyone know what this lil guy is? For scale it's on a ranger side step. 

4 hours ago, Nathan Davies said:

Similar to that heavy duty door retainer but there's a bit you can attach to the side of the tipper body that it clips into.

There's a catch plate if that's what you mean. 

like this ?

Friend had her house broken into today - stole a load of stuff from the fridge and cupboards - brazen as they were near the garage at the time!

Where I work most of the time, has pulled forward the launch of some home school packs given the current state of affairs!

Might be of use to some on here with kids at home. Kids love the rapid recall boards and they have a simple online answers portal so you dont have to work out the answers yourself. 

Done 2 so far. 

Someone shared this which may be of some help? 

Dont just pour on top of an 'already stable base'. This makes it nearly as expensive as tarmac / brick weave when i got a quote for our drive. 

Isn't an MS881 coming?

54 minutes ago, gary112 said:

Try and find a good Husky 254xp, one of the best saws made,imo,i still got one,brilliant saws

I have one - only issue is it has a bar oil leak. runs perfectly though, great old saw. I think mine is the xpg / heated handles version. Open to offers!

All I'll say is if I could only have 1 saw I'd have a 560.you won't regret it. 

460 is a nice saw but IMO too much saw to use all day on firewood. bite bullet and get a husky 560, favourite saw i have and so light. IMO far superior to a MS261

We do a lot of tenders where I work for significant amounts of business. You have to carefully look at the weighting and how much it is weighted towards price / non price bits. We lost a big one recently as a competitor had just gone way lower price and even if they had scored 0 on the non price bit they would still have won.

We have built up a good amount of 'stock' tender responses full of the waffle they like. A lot of the time it is just interpreting local authority speak and then pulling out things you are already doing and just demonstrating it. 

If you havent got experience with tenders I'd say well worth getting an expert to advise.

2 minutes ago, timbernut said:

Dunno if it’s a myth but I was told a while back that McD litter culprits have been prosecuted cos they’d left receipt in dumped bag which has time of purchase and on camera if been via drive thru so reg picked up. Now I’ve typed it sounds unlikely

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/throwing-rubbish-out-of-car-window-results-in-fly-tipping-fine-1-6428038

Oil level is fine, now doesn't lift at all. Just whirrs round. 

Thinking blocked somewhere? 

Guys

Any ideas of a cheaper alternative to a genuine ifor williams pump on a tipping trailer...it lifts up so far and just spins as if now doing anything. 

Are they repairable? 

Is there a similar pump from something else that will do the job? 

Thanks in advance ?

10 hours ago, richy_B said:

I wondered if it was a European thing to cover vehicles like this? 3t tow vehicle and a 9t trailer/load combo.  These 'mini artics' would be great in urban environments. Not sure if they are legal in the UK though. 

 

Saw a similar size vehicle with a mega long 5th wheel trailer the other day with steel beams on, on the A14 - was from a reputable looking company so assume its legal!

@Squaredy have also come accross these guys cups - worth a look? 

Borg & Overström sustainable cups and bottles - Borg & Overström

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Mine is going from 235 miles to go up to 1800 to go at the moment. I think in 1 Year with 21k miles I've used about 6 x 20 litre drums which seems pretty excessive. Our disco 4 uses nowhere near that amount.

I havent found out much about these but had a rep in this morning and they are going to be supplying most of the uk with these as from 2020 - https://www.rijo42.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/rijo42_rco_cup_press_release.pdf

They use a water based rather than plastic based sealer inside.

Love Our Planet | Rijo 42

WWW.RIJO42.CO.UK

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We're on a no plastic journey. Read about what we're doing to show our love for the planet here.

Where can we buy your charcoal TVI? 

Have a look at Basecamp too we use it at my work (not tree related) and works well for most the things you mention

Thanks Dave he may well be in touch, I hope we can remove the 2 smaller ones and retain the larger. Unfortunately he really does need a drive near the house so any suggestions of a solution to that too would be great. Something that drains naturally and doesn't compact... Is there such a thing?! Thinking grid / mesh type thing.

Got a mate who has fairly seriously compromised the RPA on 3 trees. 

One very large Cedar of Lebanon and 2 smaller Western Red looking Cedars.

He was aware they had TPOs but completely unaware that the roots are protected in the same way as branches ?.

He has had a 22 ton excavator in  and scraped around 50mm off the entire site including all round the smaller trees and half way round the large cedar, laid a membrane then crushed concrete over the top to about 100mm. 

The council have (understandably) thrown the toys out the pram because of the compaction.  I am really asking for advice from you guys what he could do to rectify the situation long term and if anyone has had any experience in similar situations. 

Thanks in advance for any help ?